Timeline for "How do we call (something) in English?"
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| Mar 24, 2016 at 22:17 | comment | added | Anixx | @Theraot what if they ask about method of doing something? | |
| Feb 7, 2014 at 6:30 | comment | added | Theraot | Kind of, yet saying that it "is incorrect" is - let's say - hard to swallow. What the article says is that the word "how" asks for the manner of doing something and that's not the intention people have when they ask "How is this called in English?". So asking that in particular doesn't make sense. Still in general the combination of "how" and "call" is not incorrect, it just means something else, so it is a matter of finding the right context to show that "How do you call that" is not incorrect - it asks for instructions, mediums or means to call that. | |
| Feb 7, 2014 at 5:47 | comment | added | Gnawme | @Theraot Read the link; you'll see that form addressed. (It's not that long an article, honest.) | |
| Feb 7, 2014 at 3:30 | comment | added | Theraot | You would have to call the help center to issue your complaint. - How do you call that? - by phone, of course. | |
| Feb 6, 2014 at 21:45 | history | answered | Gnawme | CC BY-SA 3.0 |